sustentation
Americannoun
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maintenance in being or activity; the sustaining of life through vital processes.
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provision with means or funds for upkeep.
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means of sustaining life; sustenance.
noun
Other Word Forms
- self-sustentation noun
- sustentational adjective
- sustentative adjective
Etymology
Origin of sustentation
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin sustentātiōn- (stem of sustentātiō ) an upholding, equivalent to sustentāt ( us ) (past participle of sustentāre, frequentative of sustinēre to sustain ) + -iōn- -ion
Example Sentences
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And any who were absent without lawful cause shall forfeit one pound of wax to the sustentation of the said great candle.
From Project Gutenberg
The revenues confiscated were those used for “the finding, maintaining or sustentation of any priest or of any anniversary, or obit, lamp, light or other such things.”
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Perhaps a little sustentation of life to the country will be obtained by a wretched peace.
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And so all things appertaining to the sustentation of man, in triple and more exceeded their accustomed prices.
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The problem is,—To find an Ultimate Ground, a Final Cause, which shall be adequate to account for the existence and sustentation of this Universe.
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